As the Maharashtra police strained to maintain peace in the wake of MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s call to remove loudspeakers from mosques, Minister of State for Home Satej Patil on Wednesday expressed concern that Mr. Thackeray’s agitation could inhibit investment in the State and push Maharashtra back by five to six years.
Mr. Patil, a senior Congress leader who is the Guardian Minister of Kolhapur district, urged the MNS chief to do a re-think on his loudspeaker agitation.
“While the State government has taken the necessary steps to maintain law and order, such agitations will only serve to heighten the prevalent problems of inflation, unemployment and prohibit investment from coming to Maharashtra,” said Mr. Patil.
